It is more than a debate, deeper than a commercial dispute over narrow
national interests. The public row that pits the U.S. against its major
allies over the projected Euro-Soviet pipeline has exposed a gaping
fissure in an issue central to the Atlantic Alliance's very existence:
how to deal with the Soviet Union. Meeting in Brussels last week, the
leaders of the ten-nation European Community sternly warned President
Reagan of the "adverse consequences" of his move to block or at least
delay the planned $10 billion...